In June of 2013, I ran across a similar page for Robert J. Sawyer, and I thought it to be a great idea. With his agreement, I decided to build my own. The same caveats apply: (a) I am not my work, I write about things I don’t necessarily believe. Interviews are better sources for my views. (b) If you enjoyed one of my works of fiction, you might enjoy others with a similar theme. (c) It is conceivable that one day people might take an academic interest in my work. Novels in Bold, short stories in italics.
Many of these are still Sawyer’s categories.
First Contact
The Problem with Petunias (2006)
The Adjoa Gambit (2006)
Winter (2009)
Return to the Moon (2010)
K.622 (2010)
Rigel Kentaurus (2012)
A Glint off the Glass (2013)
Alien Invasion
The Adjoa Gambit (2006)
How to Thwart a Dictator (2008)
How to Drive a Pinto (Bean) (2009)
How to Eat a Cobalt Bomb (2009)
Alien Point of View
Little Dark Nebula (2007)
Winter (2009)
Rigel Kentaurus (2012)
Artificial Intelligence
avast( ); 2013
Pulp / Cliche
Kfzhrbfl (2007)
State Secrets (2007)
War / Aftermath of War
The Adjoa Gambit (2006)
Magnetic Monopoly (2007)
A Rock by Any Other Name (2008)
Whatever Venuti Commands (2010)
Rigel Kentaurus (2012)
Fishpunk (2012)
Bureaucracy
At the Mercy of the Budget (2002)
The Budget Hath No Mercy (2009)
Kfzhrbfl (2007)
State Secrets (2007)
A Rock by Any Other Name (2008)
How to Drive a Pinto (Bean) (2009
Throwing a Haymaker (2010)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
Fishpunk (2012)
Corporate America
Road Rage (2009)
avast( ); 2013
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory (2007)
Scanning Brains / Uploading Consciousness
avast( ); 2013
Biology
Plan R (2009)
K.622 (2010)
Fishpunk (2012)
Biology Determining Psychology
Come to Slaughter, Pig! (2009)
Paleontology
The Neanderthal Swan Song (2000)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
Prehistoric Humans
The Neanderthal Swan Song (2000)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
Time Travel
Chaos Theory (2007)
The Trouble with Truffles (2009)
Time Dilation / Relativity
Winter (2009)
A Nice Day for a Walk (2009)
Rigel Kentaurus (2012)
Arizona
Hole in the Wall (2006)
How to Thwart a Dictator (2008)
How to Drive a Pinto (Bean) (2009)
How to Eat a Cobalt Bomb (2009)
Wisconsin
Fishpunk (2012)
California
Winter (2009)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
Nostalgia for the Apollo Program
Return to the Moon (2010)
Humor
The Problem with Petunias (2006)
Kfzhrbfl (2007)
Contractual Obligation (2007)
The Artifact (2007)
How to Thwart a Dictator (2008)
How to Drive a Pinto (Bean) (2009)
Cex in the Sity (2009)
How to Eat a Cobalt Bomb (2009)
Return to the Moon (2010)
Fishpunk (2012)
Mercury
Goga’s First Law (2010)
The Moon
Thrice Around the Moon and then Home, James (2008)
Return to the Moon (2010)
Asteroid Belt
Oh, Mallary! (2007)
Jupiter
Swirling Beneath One Thin Ring (2008)
The Pillars of Europa (2010)
Number-Crunching
Throwing a Haymaker (2010)
Murder
One Way Trip (2008)
How to Thwart a Dictator (2008)
Road Rage (2009)
Plan R (2009)
Rigel Kentaurus (2012)
Fishpunk (2012)
Love and Marriage / Relationships
Chaos Theory (2007)
Oh, Mallary! (2007)
The Great Basilisk Race (2008)
Road Rage (2009)
Cex in the Sity (2009)
Whatever Venuti Commands (2010)
K.622 (2010)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
avast( ); (2013)
Infidelity or Contemplated Infidelity
Oh, Mallary! (2007)
Parent-Child Relationships
The Adjoa Gambit (2006)
Oh, Mallary! (2007)
I Can Fly (2008)
Psychology / Insanity / Obsession
State Secrets (2007)
One Way Trip (2008)
I Can Fly (2008)
Road Rage (2009)
Plan R (2009)
Black Orchid (2009)
Throwing a Haymaker (2010)
K.622 (2010)
Suicide or Contemplated Suicide
One Way Trip (2008)
Road Rage (2009)
I Can Fly (2008)
Plan R (2009)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
False Accusation
Magnetic Monopoly (2007)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
The Conflict Between Religion and Science
Catalyst (2009)
Mundane Beings Becoming Gods
The Problem with Immortality (2006)
The Cosmology (2007)
The Devil as a Character / Hell as a Place
Contractual Obligation (2007)
Immortality (Figurative and Literal)
The Problem with Immortality (2006)
The Cosmology (2007)
One Way Trip (2008)
Terminal Illness
Oh, Mallary! (2007)
Come to Slaughter, Pig! (2009)
Plan R (2009)
K.622 (2010)
Genetics
The Neanderthal Swan Song (2000)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
Fishpunk (2012)
Modern Physics / the Nature of Reality / Cool Physics
At the Mercy of the Budget (2002)
The Budget Hath No Mercy (2009)
The Budget Hath No Mercy (2009)
The Neanderthal Swan Song (2000)
The Problem with Immortality (2006)
Magnetic Monopoly (2007)
The Problem with Immortality (2006)
Neanderthal Swan Song (2011)
A Glint off the Glass (2013)
Parallel Worlds
At the Mercy of the Budget (2002)
The Budget Hath No Mercy (2009)
Come to Slaughter, Pig! (2009)
The Anthropic Principle
The Problem with Immortality (2006)
Anthropomorphism
Little Dark Nebula (2007)
Cats (2008)
Swirling Beneath One Thin Ring (2008)
Everywhere Spirals (2009)
Music
Black Orchid (2009)
K.622 (2010)